DNC Speakers
GorT took a look at some of the speakers set for the DNC: Sandra Fluke – so a 30-something law student who believes that free birth control for all should be a major platform issue for the Presidency is speaking. … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Conventional Thinking
BG writes in. I’m sure I’m not the only one who noticed this. Tuesday night: Ohio Governor Kasich: We balanced our budget and we cut taxes. Wisconsin Governor Walker: We balanced our budget and we cut taxes. Virginia Governor McDonnell: … Continue reading →
Love vs. Sex
Who would you rather have speak at your convention? Seriously! h/t Conservative Facebook Friend Dr. J.
Continue reading →They’ve got nothing else…
Flame on! The Democrats are not going to be able to run on their record. Many are running away from Obamacare. The economy is not getting any better, and one can make the case that it is probably going to be … Continue reading →
GOP’s Best Night So Far
The Czar and the Царица watched last night’s convention speeches, missing only a couple for dinner and homework with the kids. Thoughts: Portman: Too much a campaign speech, knocking the President around. Look, everyone there knows Obama is a dud. … Continue reading →
RNC Thoughts
Many are going to focus on the Paul Ryan speech last night and don’t get me wrong, Mrs. GorT and GorT watched the live coverage from Mike Huckabee’s speech through Paul Ryan’s speech. Each speech was excellent but I’d like … Continue reading →
Paul Ryan’s Vice Presidental Acceptance Speech
No need to guess who taught him that trick. The Castle is in Wisconsin, after all… Dr. J. was wow’ed by the speech. So much so he posted a link to the transcript on his Facebook page. He figures it … Continue reading →
Twittering While Rome Burns…
…or at least while New Orleans sinks. I have the TOZT-7 and I’m coming to get you Mandy! Governor Jindal could not be reached for comment. He’s still on hold with the White House… Dr. J.
Continue reading →Winning!
Amy Payne over at the Heritage Foundation penned a post today that breaks down how well the President’s “plan” has worked. According to the latest Obama campaign ad featuring former President Bill Clinton, President Obama’s plan is working and needs … Continue reading →
Mailbag: Rootsy Blues Edition
Ask and ye shall receive! The Royal Mathematician spake (speaks? spoke? spokes? Spokane?) regarding the Great Square Root of Eleventy Schism of 2012: O Bringer of the Force-Lightning: Here’s the real mathematical scoop on the square root of eleventy: Pretty … Continue reading →
Picking Cherries
Here is a really easy way to tick off a pro-AGW enthusiast: tell him that this winter is expected to be the coldest on record, or that we haven’t had nearly the amount of hurricanes predicted. You then get a … Continue reading →
NYT: Racist Republicans Target Chocolate City With Uncontrollable Weather Phenomenon!
Republicans use their mastery of weather (along with space and time) to direct a stormas big as Texas to destroy their dark-skinnedenemies in the Chocolate City. Or so theNew York Times believes. If one’s reading list were limited to the New … Continue reading →
Number Theory
Behold, the square root of eleventy.Look upon it and despair! Today, The Czar, English major and Castle Grammarian, wrote: 5. There is no square root of eleventy. Now correct Dr. J. if he is wrong (specifically Dr. J. is asking … Continue reading →
BREAKING: Issac Speech Leaked!
In all seriousness, the residents of the Gulf Coast are in his prayers and he wishes the storm to be no less than what you see above. He was caught in Hurricane Belle back in 1976 and that was a … Continue reading →
Math! Proof the Most Astonishing Facts You Enjoy
The Czar loves math as much as you don’t. Here are some fun facts to astonish and amaze your pets. The number four is the only number with as many letters as its quantity stipulates. Which is good, because if … Continue reading →
A Word about Energy
Last week Mitt Romney released his energy plan should he be elected to office in November. It consists deregulating the heavily regulated petroleum and nuclear industries and opening publicly owned sites to facilitate the tapping into American and North American … Continue reading →
President “It’s All About Me” Obama
Does anyone else hear “me, me, me, all me, when Obama talks? @SooperMexican noted his recent blog post over on Twitter and I clicked through to see the details. It’s worth reiterating here as it is a theme of the … Continue reading →
Basketball, Or More Sweaty Men…
Turns out that James Naismith made eight pages of notes about the very first game of basketball. You can read a transcript of them, as well. The Czar particularly liked this paragraph: Of course, should basketball ever accept a three-point … Continue reading →
This Isn’t Funny At All
You know, it isn’t just ‘Puter who can post tasteless crap like this. This is severely unfunny. Not a redeeming thing about this at all. Total immaturity, and exploiting the last socially tolerated form of gross prejudice: making fun of … Continue reading →
An Obama with Nothing to Lose
Dr. J.’s WSJ sweetheart wrote this column last week. Reading it should be enough to get any freedom loving American out to vote: Just as important are the things Mr. Obama will not do. His record gives no indication he … Continue reading →
RIP Neil Armstrong
The first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, has passed away. He defines himself not as a hero or an icon, but rather a nerd: The notoriously publicity shy Armstrong was a reluctant hero. In an era of celebrity adulation, … Continue reading →
Rent is better in the original Klingon
Dr. J. picked this up on the InterStellar Network feed: Like Shakespeare, Rent is better in Klingon than in translation. h/t The Daily What – TDW Geek Dr. J.
Continue reading →Mailbag – Mondotastic Cost Curves
Friend of the Gormogons, Professor Mondo (who you should be reading EVERYDAY, BTW…) writes in: Hey, Doc – In the quote from your double-barreled Obamacare post, you quote Dr. Kripalani thus: “So, which would we rather have — a hospital … Continue reading →
Cold War Mission Declassified
The CIA recently declassified (note to the Obama Administration – this is when you can actually talk and discuss sensitive national security secrets, not while they are still classified. See 18 USC § 798 – Disclosure of Classified Information) information … Continue reading →
You have to pass the bill…Part 23.
Typically Dr. J. gives his gentle readers one required reading assignment in a post, but serendipitously there were two articles today worth reading regarding everybody’s favorite campaign issue, Obamacare, also known as the albatross around the neck of the economy. … Continue reading →
Stupid or Ignorant: You Choose
The Obama Administration is either stupid or ignorant and I’ll leave it up to our esteemed readers to make that choice for themselves. Case in point: Jennifer Rubin pens this piece over in the Washington Post Blog section today. Quote: … Continue reading →
University of Colorado says: Obama’s Been Done For A While
Lost amid the babble of election predictions? No kidding. Polls are not coming out fast and furious every day that show Mitt Romney ahead by one. Or Barack Obama by two. Or Mitt Romney by three, with an error margin … Continue reading →
Our Ways are Mysterious…
The Czar wanted it named Hurricane…SQUIRREL! but we felt that was too obvious. Yesterday, our friend Scott O. @gscottoliver from the silver state of Nevada who blogs from his corner office tweeted this in response to concerns about Hurricane Issac … Continue reading →
One Millennial Gets It
The Czar has a surprising experience the other day. He had the luck to strike a casual conversation with a total stranger—a 20-year-old nursing student. This makes her absolutely a Millennial, and the Czar would like to share some pieces … Continue reading →
Earhart’s Crash Site
Researchers tracking the potential crash site for Amelia Earhart’s plane. The popular theory is that she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, ran out of fuel over the Pacific Ocean as they were heading towards Howland Island. A contrary theory is … Continue reading →
Hoping and Changing for Attack and Blame
GorT has a roughly 25 mile commute each way to work and many of his Metro DC radio stations start fading towards the end of the trip. Luckily, he has Sirius XM radio in the car – he still plays … Continue reading →
Mailbag – Casual Friday and Casual FLOTi
FLOTUSes? FLOTi rhymes better. Whatever. The Great Merlin writes in regarding Dr. J.’s state dinner polemic: Dearest Dr. J, As one medical system (non-clinical) employee to another (your most worshipful doctorness, whose needs I merely exist to serve), I’m surprised … Continue reading →
Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now?
Todd, Dr. J. will lend you his Imperial Shuttle, as it is the crunkiest Gormomobile this side of Mandy’s lime-green Fiero. Marvin K. Mooney was Dr. J.’s favorite Dr. Seuss book growing up. In this tale, Marvin K. Mooney is asked by … Continue reading →
Where’s the Beef?!?
The reason America loves her First Ladies is because in addition to playing a role as a partner to the President in his role as head of state as America’s hostess and America’s ‘better half,’ modern First Ladies get behind … Continue reading →
Ben Stein, CBS Sunday Morning And The Truth About Gun Control
Ben Stein uses his right hand to indicate “aleph naught” and hisleft hand to indicate “c,” definitively proving once and for allthat something knowable and singular does exist between aleph naught and c: Ben Stein Mrs. ‘Puter enjoys one, and only … Continue reading →
Tauntaun Meat, It’s What’s For Dinner…
2-1B is more than a medical droid, he does much of Dr. J.’s butchering and other mundane culinary prep work on the weekends. The Lil Medstudent was enjoying a plate of bacon for breakfast before heading off to the Jedi … Continue reading →
Embracing Media Bias
The ever-intriguing Stanley Kurtz has a piece out there today about the increased polarization of the media; he suggests, in part, that the collapse of so-called independent reporting is a mixture of bad and good. Bad, for example, because now … Continue reading →
Uh, no, not really…
She has no mouth, and yet she must crush the ponies in this debate. Hello Kitty is for Puter and little girls, please make amends you ignorant Brony Bloggers… Dr. J.
Continue reading →In Which Czar and Dr. J Offer ‘Puter Feedback on His Millennials Post
Czar has trained a small army of ninjawombats to strike fear into the heartsof his enemies. Secondarily, Czar useshis wombat army to deliver messagesto ‘Puter. Cubical poop? Really? Ouch. When not abusing various mood-altering substances, we denizens of Castle Gormogon … Continue reading →
Just Say No To Self-Entitled Millennials
Failure to recognize the awesomeness of theMillennials results from your lack of perception,not from the fact that this entire generation ofself-entitled, know-nothing jerks sucks out loud. ‘Puter’s been known to heap hate all over Millennials. Sometimes, late at night, amidst … Continue reading →
Is Anyone Actually Running the Obama Campaign?
The Czar does not watch a lot of network television. So it was with some curiosity when the Царица called his attention to the Sunday morning network political interview shows. You know, it really doesn’t matter which one, because the … Continue reading →
Disturbing Stats
Fantastic work by GorT on the statistical analysis of our writings. The Czar is bemused when looking at his own word cloud that “DON” appears there in the far right. To wear? A mafia figurehead? A Spanish lord? Ameche? Curious, … Continue reading →
Gormogon Stats
GorT loves him some math and statistics. So I felt it was time to run the numbers on our corner of the internet here. The numbers are based on a snapshot of the blog from a few days ago. I … Continue reading →
Gotham Class Reunion
What has fair Katherina been doing lately? h/t – Not Spooky Witchy Facebook Friend, someone else… Dr. J.
Continue reading →The Strange Case of Puppy v. Lemon
Eh, the Czar is simply in this kind of mood. The sometimes SFW Feral Irishman found this video somewhere, and it has been decades since the Czar heard the song. And the Czar likes puppies, of course. The Czar of … Continue reading →
The Greatest Advance In Medicine
Always two there are, a master and an apprentice… Gentle Readers, After Dr. J. posts this, he is off to attend a memorial of a late, great senior colleague, emeritus, Dr. B. Dr. J. has known Dr. B. since Dr. … Continue reading →
The Real Environmental Protection Team
Conservatives want to abolish the EPA, probably because they hate the environment. Also, they support global warming cooling climate change… well whatever it is that makes ice melt at the poles because they hate polar bears. We know this because … Continue reading →
Remember to face 53rd & Dorchester when you pray. (UPDATED)
So, Obamalatry now has, one guesses, its own equivalent of the Black Stone of Mecca. Next step, a Kaaba? So, eventually he did rock her world. Two things: Confucius clicked on this video, and it led with a Mitt Romney … Continue reading →
Don’t Come Back, McCotter
Remember good old Thad McCotter? He was a US Representative from Michigan who flirted dangerously long with running for President on the Republican ticket. Why, he was so good at running for President that he sorta forgot to run for … Continue reading →
Mailbag – Two Tiers for Two Americas
Borepatch writes: Dr. J, In re; your excellent post about the likely outcome of Obamacare – a 2-tier health care system similar to the one in the UK where the Government system stinks and anyone who can uses the private … Continue reading →
How Obamacare Rations Delivery of Health Care
Obamacare? Not impressed! Whether you live in a free-market economy or a top-down command and control communist economy, all goods and services are rationed. In the abstract, in a free-market economy, goods and services are rationed by the actions of … Continue reading →
Will Romney Raise Taxes on the Middle Class?
The President keeps insisting that Mitt Romney is planning to raise taxes on the middle class, in order to provide for a tax cut for the rich. Why, he even dubbed his challenger Romney Hood, to much laughter. But Romney’s … Continue reading →
Preparing for War
With all the excitement in the news—whatever story floats your particular navy—one little item seems to be overlooked by most American news stories and frankly, it ought to be way more covered than Miley Cyrus cutting her hair short. And … Continue reading →
My Little Action Figures…Geekdom is Magic
FoG Borepatch linked to this My Little Cthulhu action figure over at Deviant Art created someone by the moniker spippo: Your Gormogons, as fans of Lovecraft truly appreciate the craftsmanship of this pony. Dr. J. thought he’d share a few … Continue reading →
Scrambling
About the only thing worse for the democrats than Paul Ryan being chosen as the VP pick would have been if he were chosen as the Presidential nominee. They are running around trying desperately to make this “scary Paul Ryan … Continue reading →
What Is The Ryan Plan, Anyway?
Over the next couple of months (and beyond that, if we’re lucky), we will be hearing a lot about the Paul Ryan plan. Formally known as the Path to Prosperity, the plan is intended to correct the certain-death spending of … Continue reading →
Panic
Living in Maryland, many assume that you’re a democrat first. We’re outnumbered at least 2 to 1 in the state and it’s reflected in the legislative bodies and the executive branch pretty clearly here. So, the democrat party machine is … Continue reading →
Quantitative Yoda!
How To Tell Your Bad Day Just Got Worse?.
..is all we are saying. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all … Continue reading →
Ryan Proves Romney Is Serious
The Czar will admit when he is wrong, and he was sure wrong to have predicted Rob Portman as Romney’s eventual running mate. But the Czar had that tip on good authority, and now knows that his authorities are not … Continue reading →
UPDATE – The DNC Response – Paul Ryan Style
Seriously, how hard do you think her password was? Hint: easy as DWS123… UPDATE – 2-1B Reconstructed the DNC Opposition Research Database and linked it to the previously posted email. To: MSMList@DNC.org From: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair, DNC Re: Vice … Continue reading →
Not a Cuss Word
Dr. Krauthammer writes at NRO today: There are two ways to run against Barack Obama: stewardship or ideology. You can run against his record, or you can run against his ideas. Liberals castigate their opponents using the term ideologue. Basically, an … Continue reading →
Paul Ryan Pr0n – Ryan vs. Obama
This better not be a tease, Mitt… Dr. J.
Continue reading →You Knew This Was Coming
It is sort of inevitable. Don’t say you didn’t roll your eyes a little. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, … Continue reading →
Breaking: Romney VP Leaked!
Your Gormogons masters, the puppet-masters of the puppet-masters we are, have chosen to reveal to you, our devoted readers, a picture obtained from the Romney ’12 VP announcement pre-party this evening… With a name like Maroney, how could he take … Continue reading →
Reminder to Our Minions
Thank you for your attention. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all … Continue reading →
Clearing the Field – Not Just For Elections Anymore…
Tarkin knew that if you take out Alderaan, smaller systems will toe the line.Take out HCA, and the same will happen with smaller for-profits. Dr. J. caught this little factoid in the news the other day, but hasn’t had a … Continue reading →
Denial Becomes Admission
The Czar finds this shootback ad extremely effective for a lot of primal psychological reasons. It’s on YouTube, which means the more people click on it, the higher it ranks in popularity. Which means that more people will see it. … Continue reading →
HHS and Workfare Requirements: Reaping the Fruits of Legal Post-Moderism
A thousand monkeys labor at a thousandtypewriters in a dank, dimly lit basementat the Washington Post, churning out editorials,subsisting on a meager diet of E.J. Dionne’s cast off half-empty Courvoisier bottles andRichard Cohen’s beard trimmings. Today’s Washington Post editorial takes … Continue reading →
Curiouser and Curiouser
Anyway, here you get a photo from Curiosity on Mars you won’t be seeing anywhere else. Nice work, Mandy! The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the … Continue reading →
There’s a word for that!
He looks pretty worked up about something, doesn’t he? He’s got a good logo, all he needs is a nifty hat and some medals. In a speech in Pueblo, Colorado 81009 (a ZIP Dr. J. knows from those ads on … Continue reading →
The DNC Response to the VP Pick
2-1B hacked into DNC headquarters and found this missive in Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Drafts Box: To: MSMList@DNC.org From: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair, DNC Re: Vice Presidential Candidate <VP Candidate Firstname> <VP Candidate Secondname> We are shocked and appalled at Governor … Continue reading →
Another Bad Gun Idea from the Media
A curious argument is starting to turn up in the wake of the Wisconsin shooting. Okay, some people are starting to acknowledge, there was no way to prevent a dirtbag like Wade Page from obtaining a firearm simply because there … Continue reading →
A Question for the Mandarin…
Your Mandarin received this inquiry from one of our favorite minions: Dearest Mandy, (Alternative opening statement: Beseeching The Wise and Inscrutable Mandarin To Continue Reading This Missive), Admittedly it has been a goal of mine since making the acquaintance of … Continue reading →
Olympic Game Theory: Lose Battle, Win War
What? Did you expect pictures of badminton players or the dude from Algeria? Walsh-Jennings and May-Treanor are the role models here! This may sound like Dr. J. coming to the subject late, but Dr. J. has been pondering this issue … Continue reading →
There’s No Crying in Football (a/k/a Soccer)
GorT and family are big fans of soccer (sorry, we’re Americans, so it’s soccer – or fútbol, but not football) and we watched the highly contentious US Women versus Canadian soccer semi-final game earlier this week. I then re-watched portions of … Continue reading →
Bad, Bad, Ben Bernake
I’ve grown sick of the recent Obama ads airing here in Maryland where the President tells the viewer that we have two choices to make – Gov. Romney’s is the one lowering taxes on the rich, cutting benefits, blah, blah, … Continue reading →
The First Doctor?!?!?
She even had companions and prior companions… Rumor has it, Helen Mirren would be willing to play a Time Lord… h/t – SWFBF Dr. J.
Continue reading →Caution: Work Area Ahead
We all have heard the jokes – you know the ones, they go something like, “how many construction workers does it take to dig a hole? Five. One to dig and the other four to sit around and do nothing”. … Continue reading →
Aleppo, Tashbaan
Minion Nightfly (yes, he’s a superhero) writes: That picture of the citadel at Aleppo seems very familiar… it greatly resembles the description (and the wonderful illustration by Pauline Baynes) of the city of Tashbaan in C.S. Lewis’s The Horse and … Continue reading →
Wow, Reid Sure Outfoxed THAT Guy
Harry Reid, 1974: Any man or woman who will not be completely candid about his or her finances does not deserve to be in public office. Senator Reid was asked about this on Monday. His response: In 1974, I wasn’t … Continue reading →
Party Mutant’s in the House Tonight…
Party Rock Anthem is one of the Lil Medstudent’s favorite songs. When Dr. J. saw this on spooky witchy FB friend’s page today, he just had to share it with you: For those not familiar with the X-Men, this is … Continue reading →
And the Good Sportsmanship Award goes to…
Kirani James of Grenada! Dr. J. was up late last night watching Olympic coverage, including the semifinals of the 400m dash. Grenada’s Kirani James placed first in the race while South African runner Oscar Pistorius came in last. For those … Continue reading →
Last chance to see?
Matrakçı Nasuh’s Compendium of Stopping Places of the Campaign of the Two Iraqs of Sultan Süleyman Khan (1537) is an illustrated, first-hand chronicle of Süleyman the Magnificent’s 1535 war against the Safavids, then-rulers of Iran. It is beloved of architectural … Continue reading →
Second Place is First Loser: or Hope for the Next Generation
Dr. J. had the same look on his face on a rainy November Saturday in fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grade… Dr. J. played recreational soccer growing up. After an undefeated inaugural season, followed by an ever-defeated second season, Papa … Continue reading →
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Rolfe is a good example of howgovernment workers easily morphfrom well-intentioned public servantsinto fascists who want to control everyportion of your life. Each and every time ‘Puter hears the words “alcohol, tobacco and firearms” strung together he thinks not of … Continue reading →
He Wasn’t Really a Nice, Quiet Guy
And so begins the media template. Stories on the Wisconsin shooting are already portraying the shooter as a nice, quiet guy who left the military in 1998. Quotes from people who knew him describe him as a neighbor who kept … Continue reading →
Life on Mars!
The Mars rover Curiosity has landed and has already discovered life. Below is one of the first pictures relayed from the probe!*†‡ Excuse me, but you parked on my Illudium Pu-36 Explosive Space Modulator… * Image found on the Chuck … Continue reading →
Stranger in a Strange Land
Last night, the Mars Surface Laboratory successfully completed the “seven minutes of terror” – the computer controlled descent from hurtling through space to placing a 1-ton mobile laboratory on the surface of Mars. Given the distance, all the folks at … Continue reading →
Review – Mountain Lion
It just works…again…finally. For a full and detailed review, please to Ars Technica for John Siracusa’s review. Dr. J. downloaded Mountain Lion in a fit of desperation. Dr. J.’s iMac was dropping its connection every time it woke from sleep … Continue reading →
Mailbag – Title IX-tastic
Operative FJR writes in on a cocktail napkin from a lil beer joint off the Lee Highway: Dr J, I don’t know if you have watched any of the women’s boxing but I happened to be watching a match when … Continue reading →
In Which ‘Puter Pimp Smacks E.J. Dionne
Czar and Dat Ho recreate ‘Puter’s massivepimp smack of E.J. Dionne in CastleGormogon’s cabaret room before astanding room only crowd. ‘Puter promised he would post on this topic yesterday, but he was too excited preparing for his forthcoming reunion with … Continue reading →
Mailbag – Church & State
Gentle Readers, our first missive comes from PC who writes: Dear Dr. J., The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines the sacraments as “efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is … Continue reading →
Was Reid’s Statement Slander?
Esteemed Operative BG, who lately has been ensuring the African Rift Valley continues to rift at the right speed, took time away from that vital tectonic activity to write in: Awful and Awesome Czar – Hmmm… Reid says a Bain … Continue reading →
Revealed: the 10 Years Romney Paid No Taxes
Like most Americans, the Czar are concerned about who Senator Harry Reid’s source is about why Mitt Romney refuses to release his taxes. Please allow a slight correction. No Americans think Harry Reid has any sources at all. Seriously, is … Continue reading →
Chick-fil-a Thought
GorT and family (plus a few) have been on vacation in the Palmetto State – watching the Olympics, going to the beach, etc. All in all a good time. We were out and about and I overheard a conversation at … Continue reading →
My Little GaGa
Going for the Gold…
You wouldn’t know it by following the coverage of the Olympics in all of the main stream media outlets, but there was an Olympic first yesterday. But you are saying to yourself, “Oh great Mandarin, we are completely aware of … Continue reading →
Introducing Minion…
Dr. J. showing Minion the light(ning)… Dr. J. has a Berkeley brainwashed minion who he holds in high esteem. The young man, despite being a lefty, is an otherwise good and decent human being, and a fine physician (who knew, … Continue reading →